Darren Magee sentenced for possessing child pornography

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Darren Magee received a fully suspended one-year sentence for possessing child pornography at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 18 December 2019. The offence involved images found on phones he handed to gardaí at Store Street Garda Station in 2015.

Magee had pleaded guilty and had no previous convictions. Judge Martin Nolan said the sentence was suspended in full after considering the absence of aggravating factors and Magee’s steps towards rehabilitation.